CANADA, September 26 -- Zhang Yongli, Deputy Administrator of National Forestry and Grassland Administration of China met with Daniel Watson, CEO of Parks Canada on September 21, 2018. Both sides signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Natural Protected Areas Cooperation. Based on the MOU, the bilateral parts would conduct cooperation on the establishment and management of national parks, nature reserves and other natural protected areas.

SHANGHAI, September 27 -- The initiation ceremony of China-Nepal cooperation on research of rhinoceros protection was held in Shanghai Wild Animal Park on September 26, 2018. Two Asian rhinoceros were gifted from Nepal to China for conducting breeding research and education showcase to the public. Li Chunliang, Deputy Administrator of China’s National Forestry and Grassland Administration attended the ceremony and made a speech.

SICHUAN, September 11 -- Edgar Chatto, Governor of the Philippines’s Bohol Province visited the Qingchengshan base of China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda in Dujiangyan on September 11, 2018.

U.S. July 17 -- Zhang Jianlong, Administrator of National Forestry and Grassland Administration of China attended the Ministerial Meeting on Sustainability, Stability and Security in Africa in New York, UN headquarters on July 17, 2018. The meeting was organized by the secretariat of United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD).

BEIJING, July 26 -- Zhang Jianlong, Administrator of State Forestry and Grassland of China met with Deputy Minister of Natural Resources of Russia in Beijing on July 25, 2018. Both parts fully affirmed the important role that China-Russia Forestry Working Group plays, and also expressed willingness to deepen cooperation on forest fire control, forest insects control, trans-boundary natural reserve construction, forestry industry development and forestry science and education.